Legal Opinion
Louisville and Nashville R.R. Co. v. Jackson
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 9, 1926PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDeWITT, J.
On October 20, 1922, the plaintiff below, E. A. Jackson, was injured while a car of ballast was being unloaded on the track of the defendant Railroad Company, just south of Franklin, in Williamson county. The plaintiff was a section foreman in the employment of the Company and had been in its employment since the year 1879. The car was known as a Rodgers ballast ear and in the process of unloading, a piece of plank struck the plaintiff on the head, inflicting a serious injury. He brought this action in the circuit court of Williamson county under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act to…
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- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Central Vermont Railway Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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- Nashville Gas & Heating Co. v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1933
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- Tennessee Cent. Ry. Co. v. DialCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1933
- Havron v. Sequachee Valley Electric Co-Op.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1947
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